Daylight Saving Time

Norway is currently 7 hrs behind Singapore (instead of the usual 6hrs). This is the result of "Daylight Saving Time" or "Summer Time".

Think some of ur might be as interested as I am in this DST. Haha. Aniwae, this is wat I found on the net:
(Credits for the text below: http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time)

The main purpose of Summer Time is to make better use of daylight. People change their clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. Countries have different change dates.

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 am Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment. In spring, clocks spring forward from 12:59 am to 2:00 am. In fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 am to 1:00 am.

Yeah!!! It means I gain an additional hour here... haha... :P BUT... it also means i'll "lose" 7 hours instead of 6 hours when I return to Singapore. =(

Here's one of the many "impacts" of Summer Time which I find it interesting. It's about Birthdays. =)
"While twins born at 11:55 pm and 12:05 am may have different birthdays, Daylight Saving Time can change birth order -- on paper, anyway. During the time change in the fall, one baby could be born at 1:55 am and the sibling born ten minutes later, at 1:05 am. In the spring, there is a gap when no babies are born at all - from 2:00 am to 3:00 am."

Interesting? Hee hee... :P